Geodarts
It’s Not About the Containers
Several years ago a local geocacher wrote about how the game could help preserve our collective memories. I have always believed that and it has influenced who I am in the game and logs I have written — photos, streams of consciousness, high strangeness, social change, and more. The Caching Diaries are the memories that are important to me. With bonus content on BlueSky.
A Condor Flies
A Condor Flies The flight of a condor is mythic.
Anne Rice’s Eternal Legacy
Anne Rice escapes definition. She found the divine in the dark and beauty in our eternal longings. She gave vampires a soul. Her portrayal of Christ embraced a miracles to find a deep humanity. Her eternal legacy is one of soul.
Bigfoot, Jerry, and Patty
Bigfoot, Jerry, and Patty still symbolizes the search for the Hairy Man. And a geocache took us to the Klamath River where it came together. The River defines it all, and since we were last here the dams that held it back have been removed. The salmon again swim upstream.
Frank Sam’s Cabin
Frank Sam’s Cabin is on Kootzaduka’a land, the tribe that encompasses Mono Lake. It is a story of endurance, both for the lake that faced depletion for Los Angeles taking its waters and for the People who struggled to maintain their tribal identity even as their land was taken. Even today they seek federal recognition.
Nano Banana Meets Wyatt Earp
AI and geocaching allows Nano Banana to meet Wyatt Earp in Tombstone Territory. That may or may not be for the best, but it’s here. Geocaching has decisions to make. Wyatt just needs to defeat the Clantons at OK Corral. Again.
Santa Within
On a cold rainy day we stopped at the North Pole, Alaska. We encountered memories of Santa Claus Lane, wondered about the Naughty List, and recalled a special story, The Santa Within Me. Our inner Santa is more important than ever. Watch for the Diaries to return in the New Year.
Salvation Mountain
Salvation Mountain - the outsider art of Leonard Knight - illustrated his message that God Is Love. It was constructed near Slab City in the California desert. Where else could it have been built? It remains a symbol of what Knight believed, as well as a powerful piece of folk art.
Simon Rodia’s Dream
Simon Rodia single-handedly built the Watts Towers. It was the work of a lifetime, except Rodia was able to finish his art and walk away. In many ways his story personifies the legend of Fisher King who was compelled to fish, until Parsifal asked a question that healed the king. Rodia demonstrated both the powers of his art and an archetype of personal transformation.
Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion. The cache owner requested poetry, I’m not sure this rises to the occasion, but on an autumn day in Portland, I needed to find paper to write my user name. And then I began thinking about poetry and memories of a memory.
The Mojave Phone Booth
The Mojave Phone Booth is about more than a booth that is no longer there. It is about a Booth that is no longer there. There is a difference. The virtual geocache here keeps the experience real. It cannot simply be removed.